Governor waives LEAP, attendance requirements for academic year
By Marta Jewson The Lens Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards issued a sweeping proclamation last Thursday, waiving state standardized testing, state A through F letter grades and attendance requirements for the remainder ... Parents of teen killed in car chase file suit against NOPD
By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer Parents of a 16-year-old boy killed during a high-speed chase with the New Orleans Police Department have filed suit against the department and the city of New ... Best practices in coping with the COVID-19 pandemic
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer In the midst of COVID-19, the virus commonly known as the Coronavirus, healthcare professionals have issued recommendations for best practices during the pandemic. Purchases of guns and ammo spike doing pandemic
(Special from Time via Defender News Service) — The world’s largest gun store, in metro Atlanta, has had lines that are six and eight people deep. A gun store in ... Coronavirus Epidemic: What are viruses anyway?
By Glenn Ellis Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) ― During the current coronavirus epidemic, the CDC recommends that we wash our hands long enough to sing Happy Birthday two times. Amid Coronavirus pandemic, programs struggle to reach vulnerable seniors living at home
By Judith Graham Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) ― Close down group meals for seniors. Cancel social gatherings. The directive, from the Illinois Department on Aging, sent shock waves through senior service organizations ... Credit denials limit wealth-building for Black consumers and businesses
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer For much of Black America, access to fair and responsible credit has been an elusive promise. Whether as consumers seeking the pride of homeownership or businesses ... Corona confusion and March Madness
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Basketball fans were looking forward to March Madness, those weeks when the best college teams face off against each other. Madness is replete this March, but ... The COVID-19 crisis could be a greater Crisis for African Americans
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Guest Columnist The instant the first reports came in that COVID-19 is a new, aggressive and especially lethal viral infection, the question was: will this pose an even ... The dangers of binary politics for the African-American community
By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon, III TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist America is recklessly muddling its way through perilous times. The pandemic called COVID-19 is being mismanaged by an administration that ignores science. Trump lied ...
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